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i want to thank you and reflect elbe legacy of the late ambassador stevens. his tragic death and the killing of other u.s. officers has been extremely hard on not only the american people but the libyan people as well. the libyan american community between the two is morning at as well his loss and we pray for his family and for his friends, and we hope that the legacy of the investor is to continue. we must remain resolved to continue the good work he has started and the achievement of the outcome that is democratically ruled while with human rights and human dignity going to be the best that we could get to the great men and to his life. two weeks ago i was in libya and sure enough, the discussion centered mainly around the issue of security because of its importance. we were there when the demolition was taking place. and before that there were other ports. so he was concerned and we wanted to share that estimate of what does that mean that is one of the major deficits that we have in assessing how serious these turn of events that were taking place. today
i want to thank you and reflect elbe legacy of the late ambassador stevens. his tragic death and the killing of other u.s. officers has been extremely hard on not only the american people but the libyan people as well. the libyan american community between the two is morning at as well his loss and we pray for his family and for his friends, and we hope that the legacy of the investor is to continue. we must remain resolved to continue the good work he has started and the achievement of the...
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happened in the xcom and some were more critical and one that was critical not so much the xcom but adlai stevens was written by joel stewart. charles bartlett. >> host: saturday evening post. >> guest: what happened during the 13 day. charles bartlett was a close friend of kennedy and he actually i believe was responsible for introducing jack and jackie so this article came out in one of the items in there was that adlai stevenson had an soft and there was implication that he was willing to appease the soviets and adlai -- >> host: in munich. >> guest: exactly in munich. adlai stevenson was definitely one of the advisers but it was a fairly unfair accusation in the sense that he was not alone in recommending a lot of this so this article comes out which is obscuring adlai stevenson who until that moment had actually had a wonderful presentation in the united nations but the implication comes out then that kennedy has authorized that he is the source of the charles butler article. what you can do now in going back to the salinger thing is we can go back and look at who charlie bartlett talked to
happened in the xcom and some were more critical and one that was critical not so much the xcom but adlai stevens was written by joel stewart. charles bartlett. >> host: saturday evening post. >> guest: what happened during the 13 day. charles bartlett was a close friend of kennedy and he actually i believe was responsible for introducing jack and jackie so this article came out in one of the items in there was that adlai stevenson had an soft and there was implication that he was...
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stevens. we are going to hear testimony from henry show key. he goes by hank. is that correct? a special counsel appointed by judge kevin sullivan to investigate allegations. the federal prosecutors in this case in days to an intentional prosecutorial misconduct by not sharing critical exculpatory @booktv exculpatory evidence with the defense. in fairness i would note that he reported his company on behalf of those he investigated his jealous the particular the evidence of misconduct. now, the prosecution took place before the election of president obama and before his appointment of attorney-general holder. attorney-general holder decided based on his own review of the record to shape the dismissive that -- and would treat the case after the jury's guilty verdict. the justice department has also taken recent steps to improve its training of prosecutors. as a senior official dedicated to this process, the attorney general has had a pair of internal investigation with what happens to the steven
stevens. we are going to hear testimony from henry show key. he goes by hank. is that correct? a special counsel appointed by judge kevin sullivan to investigate allegations. the federal prosecutors in this case in days to an intentional prosecutorial misconduct by not sharing critical exculpatory @booktv exculpatory evidence with the defense. in fairness i would note that he reported his company on behalf of those he investigated his jealous the particular the evidence of misconduct. now, the...
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>>ost:ig alhe oi o gohetho semi-finishing school after graduating from high school, a place called stevens college in missouri which was a two-year college, and it was supposed to finish women r, younow, t mert ae, inil >>ost: yeah. >> guest: and she was unwilling to accept that, and it was part of a continual battle. there was a kind ofincredible pride about her inside the family, but a feeling, well, you lito c --oto sier -- a the heveme fe' not going to have a family of her own, what does a woman do? >> host: right. >> guest: and she actually wangledpermission from them to get to columbia, and sheanted yos whede hn,ause id so let's talk a little bit about her studies at columbia, the influences onher life. um, it was there, of course, that she met her husband who was a major, major influence on her life and then, ao,ne e ofrstdi france nowman, a great expert on totalitarianism, a refugee himself, if you could talk about, if you like, the intellectual influences on her while she was at columbiaand pocs fmeerion llcare a a very serious student, and one of the things she always said that,
>>ost:ig alhe oi o gohetho semi-finishing school after graduating from high school, a place called stevens college in missouri which was a two-year college, and it was supposed to finish women r, younow, t mert ae, inil >>ost: yeah. >> guest: and she was unwilling to accept that, and it was part of a continual battle. there was a kind ofincredible pride about her inside the family, but a feeling, well, you lito c --oto sier -- a the heveme fe' not going to have a family of her...
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we owe it to ambassador stevens. [inaudible] >> i hope that secretary clinton will be able to testify. i know she is recovering at home and at a not be in easy thing to accomplish a few days after the session. ultimately, we need to present this to the american people. we lost four of our best, including our ambassador. it is a rare occurrence, but the fact that it did occur as a challenge to all of us to tell the american people would have been in honest terms and make sure to do everything in our power to make sure it doesn't happen again. [inaudible] >> okay, thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> i just had the briefing on big guy god the end what happened. i impression is that the state department clearly detailed the monolith be prepared. they failed to anticipate what was coming because of how bad the security risk already was there. they failed to provide the adequate security. they failed to connect the dots. so they didn't have adequate security leading up to the attack and once t
we owe it to ambassador stevens. [inaudible] >> i hope that secretary clinton will be able to testify. i know she is recovering at home and at a not be in easy thing to accomplish a few days after the session. ultimately, we need to present this to the american people. we lost four of our best, including our ambassador. it is a rare occurrence, but the fact that it did occur as a challenge to all of us to tell the american people would have been in honest terms and make sure to do...
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stevens job, edwards job. deeter, you have to change those germans. yet to get the germans on board, to. >> they try to be good. i have to say that they want, they don't want -- [inaudible] that's an old vietnam story, right? kissinger created the price by saying at a point of time, everything was going in a different direction. and it cost many, many lives. and that's the issue here, how to make the transition to a necessary civilian process, about the west appearing, you know, cut and run. >> we have to have a measure of military here in order to justify your own withdrawal. and we all know withdrawal is going to come. and so, how can we find a moment, the right moment that at least doesn't appear to be defeat? >> and yet in your country, in france, the u.k., is a very unpopular policy. >> i am joking by saying germany public opinion is 70% against and 30% not in favor. [laughter] >> canada has already gone. >> if you have the situation, it shouldn't be the end of politics and the end of -- i would give obama the benefit of doubt he wants to get out
stevens job, edwards job. deeter, you have to change those germans. yet to get the germans on board, to. >> they try to be good. i have to say that they want, they don't want -- [inaudible] that's an old vietnam story, right? kissinger created the price by saying at a point of time, everything was going in a different direction. and it cost many, many lives. and that's the issue here, how to make the transition to a necessary civilian process, about the west appearing, you know, cut and...
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ambassador stevens had perhaps the best knowledge of benghazi of any american official. that was taken in washington, certainly, is a very serious that her conclusions on his part. to just to follow up, why such a passing reference to military involvement? can you explain why they couldn't have done more? >> we look at the posture very vividly. this was over in a matter of 20 or 30 minutes with respect to special mission specifically. and we have no forces ready or tethered focus on the mission so they could respond. nor would i expect we would have. i noticed that there was no mention of the cia in the report. despite the fact that they have more personal they are. do they share some blame? [talking over each other] >> it's not an organization. >> thank you very much to the chairman and vice chairman. you think you. [inaudible conversations] >> coming up next, more on the u.s. consulate attacked and benghazi, libya. testifying about the security of the mission. investigators into the attack said security settings and submission of the post. that hearing begins at 8:00 a
ambassador stevens had perhaps the best knowledge of benghazi of any american official. that was taken in washington, certainly, is a very serious that her conclusions on his part. to just to follow up, why such a passing reference to military involvement? can you explain why they couldn't have done more? >> we look at the posture very vividly. this was over in a matter of 20 or 30 minutes with respect to special mission specifically. and we have no forces ready or tethered focus on the...
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he writes to a woman named thelma stevens who volunteered her time to work for him. he didn't pay them. he went through volunteers like they were going out of style. there's a letter he writes to thelma stevens, this methodist counsel volunteer. he writes a letter. she open this is letter and it says, i know it must be hot there in washington as you write this letter of campaign, but needless to say, it's not nearly as hot as the ovens of auschwitz and i urpbg you... "in a sense to get your butt in gear. >> how did he make money? >> tin pot. you know, really just relied -- he hated the indignity of it all. he wrote on rose cultivation, on gardening, travel in japan. wherever he was as a refugee en route here, he would gobble up the local culture. he was home schooled. he spoke 13 languages. >> did he marry? >> never married. never dated as far as i can tell. >> what happened when people ask him about that, what would he say? >> about? >> marriage. >> i don't have time. i'm married to securing the banning of the crime of genocide. i don't have time for love. >> the ge
he writes to a woman named thelma stevens who volunteered her time to work for him. he didn't pay them. he went through volunteers like they were going out of style. there's a letter he writes to thelma stevens, this methodist counsel volunteer. he writes a letter. she open this is letter and it says, i know it must be hot there in washington as you write this letter of campaign, but needless to say, it's not nearly as hot as the ovens of auschwitz and i urpbg you... "in a sense to get...
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called stevens college in itasupdin wom-year clege r, you know, the domestic arts, as it were, raising a family, and she was unwilling to accept that and was part of a continual battle. a kind of incredible pride abou the to call, he going to a do if she leaves home and if she is not going to have family of her own, what does a woman do? and she actuayan rmsihe g to lushan too because she said new york is where big ideas happen and i want big ideas. >> host: so, let's talk about her studies at columbia. the influences on her life. it was there, of course,he met marer l a then also one of the professors she studied with, a great expert on totalitarianism, refugee himself. if you could talk about, if you innc h sheielct cumndow that formed her views on politic. >> guest: she came there as a serious student, and one of the things she always said, you know, she first remembered aut beinat barnard and later at and o ctious, pe w the 1948 presidential campaign. she was in a huge minority of the kind of leftists on campus, worked for henry wallace, and it a real cause for her, and she loved t
called stevens college in itasupdin wom-year clege r, you know, the domestic arts, as it were, raising a family, and she was unwilling to accept that and was part of a continual battle. a kind of incredible pride abou the to call, he going to a do if she leaves home and if she is not going to have family of her own, what does a woman do? and she actuayan rmsihe g to lushan too because she said new york is where big ideas happen and i want big ideas. >> host: so, let's talk about her...
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. >> steven jaffe recounts sunny york city responded to conflict as a trading outpost examining how each conflict of like -- affected the city including the american revolution and 18,000 american prisoners of war died in british prisons to end its opposing and a harbor freight depot executed by a u.s. -- german agents. this event held at the tennant museum is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here. thank you all for coming up tonight for this. i just want to second what was being said earlier about the museum, the tenement museum. if you have not taken the two were of 97 orchard street down the block here, which is really the core mission of this museum, to interpret that tenement house and the generation of immigrants who became new yorkers partly through living there, you owe it to yourself. i think there is -- it is indispensable to understanding the york city history in the 1923 or early 20's centuries, and it is really a gift to the city of new york that we have this museum. so i encourage you, even if you have taken the tour before, please come back an
. >> steven jaffe recounts sunny york city responded to conflict as a trading outpost examining how each conflict of like -- affected the city including the american revolution and 18,000 american prisoners of war died in british prisons to end its opposing and a harbor freight depot executed by a u.s. -- german agents. this event held at the tennant museum is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here. thank you all for coming up tonight for this. i just...
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you know, verification is not a strange thing in our life, justice stevens reasoned because it was not string in civil life, it was no burden to apply it in the context of voting. when that happened, there was a presidential campaign that was going on in this country, and campaigns bring out the hyperpartisan in us. this is not a partisan vent today. don't take it as a partisan comment. it's factual comment. i don't remember then senator obama who was the democratic nominee even issuing a press release criticizing justice stevens' ruling. i don't remember the dnc, i think howard dean was the chairman then. i tend to forget him so i could be wrong. i don't remember the dnc issuing a release even criticizing that ruling. now, i have a law degree too. i know that some people are thinking, well, indiana is not a voter rights act coverage state so a different standards applies in the south. folks, the voting rights act was crafted to give the federal government extra enforcement tools in a region where discrimination used to be a part of life from the time you got up to the time you went to
you know, verification is not a strange thing in our life, justice stevens reasoned because it was not string in civil life, it was no burden to apply it in the context of voting. when that happened, there was a presidential campaign that was going on in this country, and campaigns bring out the hyperpartisan in us. this is not a partisan vent today. don't take it as a partisan comment. it's factual comment. i don't remember then senator obama who was the democratic nominee even issuing a press...
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. >> steven johnson is our guest sunday taking your calls, e-mails and tweets on in depth. live at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> world leaders from 193 countries added for the u.n. general assembly in new york city. many of them focusing on the situation in syria. syria's foreign minister responded to some of the criticism directed at his country and said international calls for president assad to step down our blatant interference in syria and domestic affairs. his remarks are about 20 minutes. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: mr. vuk jeremic, president of the 67 session of the general assembly, i would like to congratulate you and your friendly country, the republic of serbia, on your election as president of the general assembly at its current session, and to wish you success in conducting our work in a manner that brings back to the president of the general assembly it's important and mutual -- neutral role in fulfilling his duties away from any political, national or international agendas that violate the rules of international law and contradict effo
. >> steven johnson is our guest sunday taking your calls, e-mails and tweets on in depth. live at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> world leaders from 193 countries added for the u.n. general assembly in new york city. many of them focusing on the situation in syria. syria's foreign minister responded to some of the criticism directed at his country and said international calls for president assad to step down our blatant interference in syria and domestic affairs. his remarks...
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chris stevens understood that as well as anyone. chris also knew that every chief of mission has the responsibility to ensure the best possible security and report for the people. as the senior officials here in washington, we share that profound responsibility. we have to constantly improved, reduce the risks our people face and make sure they have the resources they need to be that includes the men and women of the state department diplomatic security service. i have been deeply honored to serve with many of these brave men and women. they are professionals and patriots who served in many places where there are no marines at the post and little or no u.s. military presence in the country. like secretary clinton, i trust them with my life. it's important to recognize that our colleagues and the bureau at the economic security and the near east affairs and across the department at home and abroad get it right countless times a day for years on end and some of the toughest circumstances imaginable. we cannot lose sight of that. but w
chris stevens understood that as well as anyone. chris also knew that every chief of mission has the responsibility to ensure the best possible security and report for the people. as the senior officials here in washington, we share that profound responsibility. we have to constantly improved, reduce the risks our people face and make sure they have the resources they need to be that includes the men and women of the state department diplomatic security service. i have been deeply honored to...
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today is the first hearing since the attack acclaim for americas include ambassador quick stevens. the events in benghazi and ongoing threats to the dangers and difficulties of performing diplomatic missions. it is almost impossible to be an effective american diplomat without exposing themselves to risk. in some countries these risks can be at times coming at exceptional americans like ambassador stevens continued to volunteer to these assignments. we are grateful that you continue to volunteer commissary. chris's life and work resonate especially, not merely because he was a talented diplomat, but also because he's one of us. the staff in 2006 and 2007 sat directly behind where i'm sitting now. he stacked hearings on iraq and other middle east topics in exactly six years ago today, he held staff a hearing on iran. he stayed in close touch with friends here as he did at every stage in his career. we will miss our friend dearly. our thoughts go out to his family. although the death of ambassador stevens and three others as a blow to the state department and our country, and also un
today is the first hearing since the attack acclaim for americas include ambassador quick stevens. the events in benghazi and ongoing threats to the dangers and difficulties of performing diplomatic missions. it is almost impossible to be an effective american diplomat without exposing themselves to risk. in some countries these risks can be at times coming at exceptional americans like ambassador stevens continued to volunteer to these assignments. we are grateful that you continue to...
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the murder of the ambassador chris stevens was a despicable act of terrorism. but the right responses to finish the work that chris stevens gave his life to and that is what the vast majority of libyans want, too. we saw that in ben zazi last weekend as they took to the streets refusing to allow extremists to hijack their chance for dhaka see. the arab spring has brought progress in egypt with of the democratically elected president as civilian control over the military. in yemen and tunisia where the elections support the government to power and in morocco where there is a new constitution and a prime minister appointed on the basis of the popular vote for the first time. and even further appealed somalia has also taken the first step forward by electing a new president. so there has been progress, and none of it would have come about without people standing up last year and demanding change or without this united nations having the courage to respond to the cries. second there's the argument that the removal of dictators started to unleash a new wave of viole
the murder of the ambassador chris stevens was a despicable act of terrorism. but the right responses to finish the work that chris stevens gave his life to and that is what the vast majority of libyans want, too. we saw that in ben zazi last weekend as they took to the streets refusing to allow extremists to hijack their chance for dhaka see. the arab spring has brought progress in egypt with of the democratically elected president as civilian control over the military. in yemen and tunisia...
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please join me in welcoming my collie, steven bucci. [applause] >> we want to welcome everyone here to heritage this morning. we have a very timely subject to discuss and i think we have a great panel of experts that will be doing the discussing at least to get us started. i have to tell you i have an interest in this because one of the first things i did when i arrived at heritage was to testify before congress about the weapons of mass destruction threat that syria a bandit somewhat untimely demise it might pose and i'm very interested to hear the answer to one of the questions i was asked by one of the congressman which was gee, couldn't breath help us in this regard? i won't tell you what my answer was but i'm interested to hear what the experts have to say. we have three of them here. the fourth one should be here by the time we start to speak that we are going to start with our panelists. they will get about 10 minutes apiece to get an initial opening statement and then we will try to get to as much q&a as we can and we will have
please join me in welcoming my collie, steven bucci. [applause] >> we want to welcome everyone here to heritage this morning. we have a very timely subject to discuss and i think we have a great panel of experts that will be doing the discussing at least to get us started. i have to tell you i have an interest in this because one of the first things i did when i arrived at heritage was to testify before congress about the weapons of mass destruction threat that syria a bandit somewhat...
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with dan's help, and senator stevens, we got it done. so the facility stands as a tribute to dan inouye. in 2010 i had a very difficult campaign. as most of us did at that time. and dan inouye said i'm going to come there and help you. and i was under serious attack. we had an event for veterans. dan inouye as a speaker and i was a speaker. as we were speaking, we heard these voices of screaming demonstrators yelling things. which were not complimentary towards us. let's put it that way. but it was very loud, and i was so humiliated. and they kept screaming when dan inouye was speaking about my work and his work on veterans. sure enough, the demonstrators kept it up. i was so upset. and i went up to him and i put my arm around him and said, i am so embarrassed, i'm so sorry. and he said that they are not going to be healed by screaming. don't worry about it. and he went on to go to a couple of events. and he took his wife to them. and it was extraordinary. i love dan inouye with all my heart. every time i look at him, smiled because he w
with dan's help, and senator stevens, we got it done. so the facility stands as a tribute to dan inouye. in 2010 i had a very difficult campaign. as most of us did at that time. and dan inouye said i'm going to come there and help you. and i was under serious attack. we had an event for veterans. dan inouye as a speaker and i was a speaker. as we were speaking, we heard these voices of screaming demonstrators yelling things. which were not complimentary towards us. let's put it that way. but it...
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. , the central talk-show host steven colbert present his plan to get america thriving with his book america again. musician neil young is ninth with his memoir waging a heavy piece followed by a musician peter townshend's memoir who i am at tenth. you can find out more on these bestsellers by going to nytimes.com and clicking on arts. >> booktv continues with diana furchtgott-roth who looks at president obama's green jobs initiative and argues that hur
. , the central talk-show host steven colbert present his plan to get america thriving with his book america again. musician neil young is ninth with his memoir waging a heavy piece followed by a musician peter townshend's memoir who i am at tenth. you can find out more on these bestsellers by going to nytimes.com and clicking on arts. >> booktv continues with diana furchtgott-roth who looks at president obama's green jobs initiative and argues that hur
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lee: the world-renown author and speaker, steven r r. covey, who passed away on monday, july 16, 2012. he was regarded as a legendary thought leader throughout the global business community and yet showed over the course of his 79 years that the true measure of life is not in making a dollar but in making a difference. steven leaves behind a legacy filled with meaningful words and memorable deeds. his prolific and powerful writing contained the kind of personal insight and inspiration that transformed hearts, minds and lives of countedless individuals. -- countless individuals. he's best remembered perhaps for his 1989 "new york times" best-seller, "the seven habits of highly effective people." the book sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 38 different languages. sevelanguages. "seven habits" served to prove steve hsteven's bag at beliefs t talking about principles changing behavior talking about how changin change changing behr changes behavior. steven followed his pursuit of life-changing principles i
lee: the world-renown author and speaker, steven r r. covey, who passed away on monday, july 16, 2012. he was regarded as a legendary thought leader throughout the global business community and yet showed over the course of his 79 years that the true measure of life is not in making a dollar but in making a difference. steven leaves behind a legacy filled with meaningful words and memorable deeds. his prolific and powerful writing contained the kind of personal insight and inspiration that...
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i think stuart stevens is still important. i think his star is somewhat eclipsed and i think other people feel the republican national chairman long-time operative in this town named ed gillespie and i'm told his star is rising and he has taken a more conventional us versus the other guy choice election. >> to the final debate questions. one what will the president do differently and how will romney prepare for a different apartment tonight we have the vice presidential debate so let's talk about the presidential debate first. what would you expect to see obama do differently next time and how would romney be prepared to deal with that? >> i think that the precedence going to show up at the next debate and the 16th is a week from today. it's a different format which makes his job frankly tougher because it's not going to be the moderator and a candidate. this is a town hall meeting. it will be moderated by candy crowley of cnn. they are going to be undecided voters have been chosen i think by gallup who are going to be there a
i think stuart stevens is still important. i think his star is somewhat eclipsed and i think other people feel the republican national chairman long-time operative in this town named ed gillespie and i'm told his star is rising and he has taken a more conventional us versus the other guy choice election. >> to the final debate questions. one what will the president do differently and how will romney prepare for a different apartment tonight we have the vice presidential debate so let's...
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if you're frustrated to walk away, i'll make the same statement about the people is ambassador stevens is killed, therefore let's walk away from libya. i just don't think is intellectually indefensible. you have to say, which elements of pakistan are the progressives if we believe they exist and i believe they do. which elements do have common issues with us? if we are to look forward to pakistan opening up, if we are to look forward to pakistan's energy self-sufficient has proper education up into the world economy, and therefore less susceptible perhaps to extremism in the country. i think we have to do a better job and i think many people in this room have an understanding of pakistan and gmail who are the people we had to work with? it's not pakistan as such. given the flawed relations of institutions in the country. usually choose to work with and which then how could we work i had, but we are going to create strategic partnership in 12 areas. your cyberculture, water and we're going to do bilaterally. we will have a one-size-fits-all institutional links. some of these problems ar
if you're frustrated to walk away, i'll make the same statement about the people is ambassador stevens is killed, therefore let's walk away from libya. i just don't think is intellectually indefensible. you have to say, which elements of pakistan are the progressives if we believe they exist and i believe they do. which elements do have common issues with us? if we are to look forward to pakistan opening up, if we are to look forward to pakistan's energy self-sufficient has proper education up...
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it -- chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other brave americans, and i can make absolutely two commitments to you and all the american people tonight. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly, we will get to the bottom of it, and whatever, wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public because whatever mistakes are made will not be made again. when you're looking at a president, martha, it seems to me that you should take a look at his most important responsibility. that's caring for the national security of the country. and the best way to do that is take a look at how he's handled the issues of the day. on iraq the president said he would end the war. governor romney said that was a tragic mistake, we should have left 30 -- that he ended it. governor romney said we should have left 30,000 troops there. with regard to afghanistan, he said he will end the war in 2014. governor romney said we should not set a date, number one, and numb
it -- chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other brave americans, and i can make absolutely two commitments to you and all the american people tonight. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly, we will get to the bottom of it, and whatever, wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public because whatever mistakes are made will not be made again. when you're looking at a president, martha, it seems to me...
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they said chris stevens was a friend to all libyan peered chris stevens was a friend. that is the message these for petrie is send. it's the message that each of you sense every day. civilians, military, to people in every corner of the world. america is a friend and we care not just about our own country, not just about our own interest, but about tears, that even as voices of suspicion, mistrust speak to the countries and cultures, the united states of america will never retreat from the world. we will never stop working for the dignity and freedom that every person deserves, whatever their creed, whatever their faith. that's the essence of american leadership. that's the spirit that sets us apart from other nations. this was work in benghazi. this is the work we will carry on. see you, their families and colleagues, to all americans, know this, their sacrifice will never be forgotten. we will bring to justice those who took them from us. we will stand fast against the violence on a diplomatic mission. we will continue to do everything in our power to protect america
they said chris stevens was a friend to all libyan peered chris stevens was a friend. that is the message these for petrie is send. it's the message that each of you sense every day. civilians, military, to people in every corner of the world. america is a friend and we care not just about our own country, not just about our own interest, but about tears, that even as voices of suspicion, mistrust speak to the countries and cultures, the united states of america will never retreat from the...
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stevens' status as a part of matter in terms of any american businesses, very few of such drilling will occur that involve hundreds of millions of dollars, if not more, without some legal basis, some assurance, some treaty. as a matter of fact, protection was right. we can talk about all those resources being out there. but the facts are that there is very little drilling for them without people seem very precarious about it in american business among them are saying if we're serious about energy resources, energy independence, are a security, then we need this framework. it is a legitimate argument as to whether anybody owns any thing. all i'm saying is the treaty provides a practical means by which we might proceed in this world and particularly in this country given the resources and investment we have. i come back to visit questions with those of you who have been testifying about this is a central issue in mass. i see secretary rumsfeld, you are evenhanded in discussing philosophically the question, but how do you come down on the question of mr. stephen's letter? that is, why woul
stevens' status as a part of matter in terms of any american businesses, very few of such drilling will occur that involve hundreds of millions of dollars, if not more, without some legal basis, some assurance, some treaty. as a matter of fact, protection was right. we can talk about all those resources being out there. but the facts are that there is very little drilling for them without people seem very precarious about it in american business among them are saying if we're serious about...
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jessica, henry clay, thaddeus stevens, charles sumner, robert byrd, general persing, general mcarthur, ten presidents, 31 in all lay in state, only 31 in the history of the united states of america under this dome. this is an honor to state the obvious that very few americans, some truly great americans never, ever received. in each and every american who's been granted the honor according to danny today, they have been granted it because they possess a particular quality that we view as uniquely american. it's thoroughly appropriate that our friend, danny, is granted this honor because he was in every sense the qint american possessing every virtue that we like to ascribe to our country. , the dop of danny's life, the country was emerging from a great war, a war that left the rest of the world in ruins, but placed america squarely in the center of world leadership for the first time in our history. yet on the horizon was the greatest economic depression this nation had faced or has faced sense. his mother, his mother, the first of her generation in hawaii to immigrate from japan at a
jessica, henry clay, thaddeus stevens, charles sumner, robert byrd, general persing, general mcarthur, ten presidents, 31 in all lay in state, only 31 in the history of the united states of america under this dome. this is an honor to state the obvious that very few americans, some truly great americans never, ever received. in each and every american who's been granted the honor according to danny today, they have been granted it because they possess a particular quality that we view as...
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we also have our native organization partners ernie stevens, chairman, request from the housing council and many of our trial and radio stations across the country for airing today's address and bringing the state of indian nations to hundreds of dolphins of people in the indian country and beyond. this year we have asked an american indian active-duty military service member to begin our invest and introduce president keel. it's my distinct honor to be able to introduce and welcome the lieutenant colonel t. jay hunting horse who is a u.s. navy judge advocate at the pentagon. lt. colonel hunting horse has participated in deployments and iraq and afghanistan. please join me in thanking him for his continued service and welcoming him here today. lieutenant colonel hunting horse. [applause] thank you. good morning. and it is my pleasure to introduce the president of the national congress of american indians president keel. president ki was currently the lieutenant governor of the chickasaw nation of oklahoma and was recently unanimously be elected to the second term as the president of the
we also have our native organization partners ernie stevens, chairman, request from the housing council and many of our trial and radio stations across the country for airing today's address and bringing the state of indian nations to hundreds of dolphins of people in the indian country and beyond. this year we have asked an american indian active-duty military service member to begin our invest and introduce president keel. it's my distinct honor to be able to introduce and welcome the...
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it was the libyan security forces who let us down in benghazi when ambassador stevens was killed. i don't think it's appropriate to somehow blame the state department or the white house for this. and now obviously, we have to do everything we can to protect our people. as grow know president obama got on the phone with the president of egypt after the embassy was attacked and basically said you have to do a better job. there's is my paraphrasing what i read about the conversation in the newspaper. you have to did a better job and protect our embarrass sip. that's the right message. i think it's tined time for the americans to stand time. it's a tough time for the diplomats. they -- >> host: georgia is on the live eric on the line for democrats. hey. >> caller: yeah. i have two comments. thanks for taking my call. first of all, the g.o.p. often says there's a libbial media. that can't be phut from the truth. all media is corporate owned. when you're a tv person, all you're doing is what your boss is what you are doing. you are an employee owned by a rich people they are most part i
it was the libyan security forces who let us down in benghazi when ambassador stevens was killed. i don't think it's appropriate to somehow blame the state department or the white house for this. and now obviously, we have to do everything we can to protect our people. as grow know president obama got on the phone with the president of egypt after the embassy was attacked and basically said you have to do a better job. there's is my paraphrasing what i read about the conversation in the...
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allen and steven chu in so many of my other colleagues. the days wear the same. from day one and so we shut the well 87 days later until we were convinced that we could declare the well dead, over three or four months. and so we believed then and we believe that we were correct. it was important for us to inject a sense of reality in terms of the safety requirements for offshore drilling, not only in the gulf of mexico, but across all of america's oceans and because oil and gas are a global industry. it has to happen around the world as well. so we have worked very hard to make sure that we are restoring the confidence of the american people and the work that we do with respect to offshore energy and because of many people's lead from the department of interior, we are there now. we have divided up conflicting missions of what was then the mms greeted by secretary lawyer by james lot and have put into position the agency's that now are split. we don't have conflicting missions. we have an agency that does the revenue collection, natural resources revenue. we have
allen and steven chu in so many of my other colleagues. the days wear the same. from day one and so we shut the well 87 days later until we were convinced that we could declare the well dead, over three or four months. and so we believed then and we believe that we were correct. it was important for us to inject a sense of reality in terms of the safety requirements for offshore drilling, not only in the gulf of mexico, but across all of america's oceans and because oil and gas are a global...
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steven chu, his vision. we had senator, president of foundation has provided his trademark passion. we have chad holliday with chairman of america bank. is also serving as the co-chair of this, along with director general. i am truly, truly grateful for their dedication and commitment. so members come from very different backgrounds and comes to the initiative. they are united. they are united in thinking and working together for humanity. to in this energy poverty. our challenge is to join forces, overcome the barriers and bring our -- [inaudible] we need to scale up example images clean energy and energy efficient technologies. we need innovation to spread throughout the world, especially in energy demand is growing fastest. we must make a quantum leap and private capital froze my forging a strong partnership with a private sector, global growth, and primary source of new investment. my sustainable energy for all initiative will bring together key stakeholders in an effort to create transformative change in the world energy systems. by leveraging the global convening power of the
steven chu, his vision. we had senator, president of foundation has provided his trademark passion. we have chad holliday with chairman of america bank. is also serving as the co-chair of this, along with director general. i am truly, truly grateful for their dedication and commitment. so members come from very different backgrounds and comes to the initiative. they are united. they are united in thinking and working together for humanity. to in this energy poverty. our challenge is to join...
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featuring in welcoming my colleagues, steven bucci. steve? >> we want to welcome everyone here to heritage this morning. we have a very timely subject to discuss and i think we have a great panel of experts that will be doing the discussing, at least to get us started. i have to tell you i have an interest in us because while the first things i did when i prided heritage was to testify before congress about the weapons of mass destruction are at that syria ended someone untimely demise may pose. and i am very interested to hear the answer to one of the questions i was asked by one of the congressmen, which was, g, couldn't rush a helpless in this regard? and i'll tell you what my answer was. i'm interested to hear what the experts have to say. and we have three of them here. the fourth one is in route and should be here by the time it's his turn to speak. but we are going to start with our panelists. i'll get about 10 minutes apiece for an initial opening statement. them are going to get to as much q&a as we can do more than give each one of
featuring in welcoming my colleagues, steven bucci. steve? >> we want to welcome everyone here to heritage this morning. we have a very timely subject to discuss and i think we have a great panel of experts that will be doing the discussing, at least to get us started. i have to tell you i have an interest in us because while the first things i did when i prided heritage was to testify before congress about the weapons of mass destruction are at that syria ended someone untimely demise...
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relations committee took up all five of those treaties during the 100th congress and all the law of the steven chu league and advice for the committee held two public hearings to examine the law of the sea convention, six visiones risch and fattah in the interagency group that helps to write when the resolution of the advice and consent which covered the treaty at that time and the private sector every major ocean industry including shipping, fishing, we'll and natural gas drilling contractors, shipbuilders communication companies supported u.s. exception to the law of the sea in favor of it. during the more than four months of consideration of the treaty the committee received only one of - communication related to the treaty. none of the 19 members of the committee requested additional witnesses or hearings and the resolution of ratification past on february 25th, 2004 without a dissenting vote when he which was issued on july 19th, 2010. however, now, for the law of the sea has increased in the administration during this congress the distinguished panel before us today surely underscores th
relations committee took up all five of those treaties during the 100th congress and all the law of the steven chu league and advice for the committee held two public hearings to examine the law of the sea convention, six visiones risch and fattah in the interagency group that helps to write when the resolution of the advice and consent which covered the treaty at that time and the private sector every major ocean industry including shipping, fishing, we'll and natural gas drilling contractors,...
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thank you, ambassador stevens." "thank you." because they were under the yoke of one of the most brutal dictators on earth who, by the way, was responsible for the deaths of americans in pan am 103 and the bombing of a disco in berlin. so -- and -- but there's a problem in this country. they have porous borders. they have militias running around. they have not had a government of their own in more -- forever, literally. and -- and we -- and they need our help. they need our help in providing border security, in bringing these militias under control and these weapons that are proliferated everywhere. so our mage with the paul amendment -- so our message with the paul amendment is adios, see ya around. that's not america's role in libya. that's not america's role in the world. and nothing would be more welcomed in libya today than if the islamists and al qaeda, who are there, and other extremists would -- nothing would make them happier than to hear that the united states had cut off all assistance to libya. nothing would encourag
thank you, ambassador stevens." "thank you." because they were under the yoke of one of the most brutal dictators on earth who, by the way, was responsible for the deaths of americans in pan am 103 and the bombing of a disco in berlin. so -- and -- but there's a problem in this country. they have porous borders. they have militias running around. they have not had a government of their own in more -- forever, literally. and -- and we -- and they need our help. they need our help...
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just last week, bob stevens, the ceo of lockheed martin rotini urging that the senate passed the law of the sea treaty. i want to take a moment to read from the letter. he said the multibillion-dollar investments needed to establish an ocean-based resource development must be predicated upon clear, legal rights, established and protected under the treaty-based framework of the law of the sea convention. including the seabed authority. other players recognizes and are acting upon it. countries, including china and russia, are moving forward aggressively within the treaty framework. several of these countries currently hold exploration licenses from the international seabed authority. unfortunately, without ratifying the convention, the united states cannot sponsor claims with or shape the deep seabed rules of the isaf. yet, that is the critical path forward that the united states intends to expand and promote u.s. and commercial interests, for new sources of strategic mineral resources. without objection, i place the full letter into the record. i would also point out quickly that tod
just last week, bob stevens, the ceo of lockheed martin rotini urging that the senate passed the law of the sea treaty. i want to take a moment to read from the letter. he said the multibillion-dollar investments needed to establish an ocean-based resource development must be predicated upon clear, legal rights, established and protected under the treaty-based framework of the law of the sea convention. including the seabed authority. other players recognizes and are acting upon it. countries,...
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please welcome the president of george washington university, steven knapp. [applause] >> thank you. thank you president clinton for that very kind introduction and above all thank you for the inspiring leadership that has launched this extraordinary initiative. let's all recognize that leadership if we could. [applause] ladies and gentlemen is truly an honor to host the fifth annual clinton global initiative university and i'm pleased to acknowledge that presence of quite a number of distinguished guests. our distinguished panel is. we have a number of university trustees of our university you are present here as well as our presidents and mertes, lloyd elliott and steven joel trachtenberg. above all, i'm delighted to welcome the more than 1000 students who successfully completed -- competed to participate in this year's cgi you. as the president mentioned you come from some 82 countries, all 50 states of this united states. you represent some 300 colleges and universities. now, the president was very kind to mention the fact that the founding vision of our
please welcome the president of george washington university, steven knapp. [applause] >> thank you. thank you president clinton for that very kind introduction and above all thank you for the inspiring leadership that has launched this extraordinary initiative. let's all recognize that leadership if we could. [applause] ladies and gentlemen is truly an honor to host the fifth annual clinton global initiative university and i'm pleased to acknowledge that presence of quite a number of...
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they are democratic state senate majority leader, steven horsford and republican, danny tarkanian. let's begin. mr. tarkanian declined us determine you are up first with your opening statement. tarkanian: thank you for hosting this debating giving the people an opportunity to hear from their candidates. i feel very strongly that these are important for him so that the public can see the differences and the concepts between each of the candidates. in fact i feel this is so important that i've offered to debate my opponent in each of the different counties of which is district represents. as many of you now now know this is a large alt-a diverse district with a lot of different interests and i thought it was important to get out in front of each of those communities and talk about important the important issues that are there. we are going to talk about those issues today. over the past nine months i've traveled throughout this district are going to talk to the people from these communities. we discussed the issues that affect them and the solutions we hope to solve. i reported talki
they are democratic state senate majority leader, steven horsford and republican, danny tarkanian. let's begin. mr. tarkanian declined us determine you are up first with your opening statement. tarkanian: thank you for hosting this debating giving the people an opportunity to hear from their candidates. i feel very strongly that these are important for him so that the public can see the differences and the concepts between each of the candidates. in fact i feel this is so important that i've...
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pakistan chooses to play a constructive role in those talks eliminating the threat from the insurgency stevens in pakistan, to establish what the long term strategic partnership between afghanistan and the united states and the karzai government efforts to improve governance, deliver services, increase government revenue, fight corruption and promote inclusive and transfer recollections. general mattis, the committee will be interested in your assessment for the process on afghanistan and the sustainability of security gains through 2014 and beyond. there is a strong determination on this committee and in s. con. res. to do all we can to counter the threat posed by iran, and in particular, to stop iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. the national defense authorization act included breakthrough sanctions with respect to iran by requiring foreign financial institutions to choose between maintaining ties with the u.s. financial system or doing business with the central bank of iran especially relative to the purchase of the petroleum and related projects. president obama has appropriately focused
pakistan chooses to play a constructive role in those talks eliminating the threat from the insurgency stevens in pakistan, to establish what the long term strategic partnership between afghanistan and the united states and the karzai government efforts to improve governance, deliver services, increase government revenue, fight corruption and promote inclusive and transfer recollections. general mattis, the committee will be interested in your assessment for the process on afghanistan and the...
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as an economist steven has shown the rise in abortions among the black community since roe v. wade had a course but an positive effect on crime rates in the inner-city. what the proof was a simple and ugly fact. if fewer black babies in 1970 spent fewer young black men in the '80s and '90s and two young men in general. means crime rates go down. seen from a straight sisters at alaska, abortion is a social good too many. there's no limit to the good that can come if we kill off the problem groups like young men before they're born to think of the benefits. less crime, fewer accidents, less lousy television and a whole lot less really awful music. so the price we pay for killing off these messy young boys is coming off those cute baby girls, too. those little angels have problems of their own like teenage pregnancy. what better way than afford those babies. liberals don't like kerry but rather controversial thesis of doctor, but then there's lots of things that are true that liberals don't like hearing. the trick is to ignore what they say, concentrate on what they do. there is
as an economist steven has shown the rise in abortions among the black community since roe v. wade had a course but an positive effect on crime rates in the inner-city. what the proof was a simple and ugly fact. if fewer black babies in 1970 spent fewer young black men in the '80s and '90s and two young men in general. means crime rates go down. seen from a straight sisters at alaska, abortion is a social good too many. there's no limit to the good that can come if we kill off the problem...
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embassies in cairo and ambassador stevens got killed, the russians said, see, we told you this would happen if you backed the revolutions. and finally, number eight, with street demonstrations in moscow of december 2011 and in the midst of russia's presidential campaign, putin asserted that he saw, quote: the same forces at work in russia as in syria and that the u.s. was trying to do an orange revolution in russia. okay. russia then, in summing up, has vetoed three security council resolutions including watered-down ones criticizing syria, it continues to ship arms to syria saying there is no u.n. security council resolution against arms shipments, however, it's urging them to open up a dialogue with the assad regime and has supported the ill-fated kofi a man mission -- kofi annan mission. what are the costs of this policy? a, alienating an arc of states moscow's been wooing since 2007, especially saudi arabia and qatar. two, alienating key islamic leaders who called for the boycotting of products of russia and several days ago said, and i quote: russian jets are bombing the syrian
embassies in cairo and ambassador stevens got killed, the russians said, see, we told you this would happen if you backed the revolutions. and finally, number eight, with street demonstrations in moscow of december 2011 and in the midst of russia's presidential campaign, putin asserted that he saw, quote: the same forces at work in russia as in syria and that the u.s. was trying to do an orange revolution in russia. okay. russia then, in summing up, has vetoed three security council resolutions...
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>> steven call, university of maryland. is it important for the united states to abide by international law and liberal international order and is there a way the united states could use military force against iran's nuclear program without u.n. approval and be in compliance with international law? >> who wants to take that? want to take it. >> i will take it but don't want to be droning on and on. >> then speak briefly. >> i will speak briefly. the united states, first of all, you know you can go through a lot of presidents going back to including bill clinton obviously who took military action in kosovo in that case without a u.n. security council mandate and, barack obama ran and says repeatedly that he does not consider the united states bound by to pursue its interests bound by u.n. security council resolutions. merge has i would say am by lept attitude toward international law. we are in some respects the greatest spokesman sometimes for international law but throughout our history and throughout the cold war and even
>> steven call, university of maryland. is it important for the united states to abide by international law and liberal international order and is there a way the united states could use military force against iran's nuclear program without u.n. approval and be in compliance with international law? >> who wants to take that? want to take it. >> i will take it but don't want to be droning on and on. >> then speak briefly. >> i will speak briefly. the united states,...
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but just know that it is not just for men because they are republican and stevens is on this committee. it is larger than that. so we look forward to working with you and we look forward to meeting and the other room we can go into the national security budget in more detail. the committees temperately recessed until he reconvene. next week we'll also take the hearing -- the testimony secretary bryson of commerce. shall we proceed? [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> they would wear garments made of hudson cloth and the cloth would be much more rock textured, much less find them the kinds of good that they could enforce or great britain but by wearing this caught, women were visibly and physically displaying their political sentiments. >> now, a senate hearing on normalizing trade relations with russia. the committee is looking at the cold war era restriction with the soviet union to the ability of and other religious minorities to immigrate freely. supporter takes full advantage of russia's growing economy by increasing exports to the count
but just know that it is not just for men because they are republican and stevens is on this committee. it is larger than that. so we look forward to working with you and we look forward to meeting and the other room we can go into the national security budget in more detail. the committees temperately recessed until he reconvene. next week we'll also take the hearing -- the testimony secretary bryson of commerce. shall we proceed? [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible...
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steven runney, two of the most foremost global warming scientists. so this is what seth borenstein said. let me try to put you more on the spot, mike and steve, talking to the scientists. i know there is no anutrition -- attribution. you haven't done attribution studies, but if you ballpark it right now and have to put a percentage number on this on the percent that the heat wave, the percentage of blame, what percentage of blame would you put on anthropogenic climate change, that's man made climate change, that's the heat wave and this current climate change. what percentage would you use? dr. open himmer is a scientist. he said come on, i will not answer that. oh, yes, i will answer it. my answer is we won't do it. you know we have to do things carefully because if you don't, we're going to end up with bogus information out there, people will start disbelieving because you will be more wrong more often. still quoting now. this is not the kind of thing i want to do off the top of my head, nor do i think it can be done. you know convincely without re
steven runney, two of the most foremost global warming scientists. so this is what seth borenstein said. let me try to put you more on the spot, mike and steve, talking to the scientists. i know there is no anutrition -- attribution. you haven't done attribution studies, but if you ballpark it right now and have to put a percentage number on this on the percent that the heat wave, the percentage of blame, what percentage of blame would you put on anthropogenic climate change, that's man made...
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ray lahood was on hand for the opening defense and commerce secretary john bryson, energy secretary steven chu back come epa administrator lisa jackson and the labor department's director of the office of recovery for all zero communities and workers jay williams are all taking part in of osha activities this week. and the new of social is a reminder to me nicu u.n. shorty -- of the fact that in the face of stiff opposition the president a tough choice to help provide the auto industry with the temporary support it needed to rebuild their companies and get moving again. this was a difficult decision, and came with significant risk. but the president was not willing to walk away from those workers, and to allow the great american automobile industry does bear the could disappear. today the industry is coming back, creating jobs and moving cars off the line. last month the bottom automotive industry added nearly -- rather 11,000 positions, bringing the total number of jobs added in the fourth quarter of 2011 to 36,000. the industry added 100,000 jobs over the course of 2011. in december, we
ray lahood was on hand for the opening defense and commerce secretary john bryson, energy secretary steven chu back come epa administrator lisa jackson and the labor department's director of the office of recovery for all zero communities and workers jay williams are all taking part in of osha activities this week. and the new of social is a reminder to me nicu u.n. shorty -- of the fact that in the face of stiff opposition the president a tough choice to help provide the auto industry with the...
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thank you steven hill. question on china. china occupies the rather unique niche in being one world power but also a developing nation. and in many things about china. when you look beneath the surface. it's quite changey. the idea of china as failed state is too terrible to contemplate. it seems to me that the administration's policies toward china don't recognize this complexity. i'll give you a few examples. one is on currentty and exchange. the policy is a social program to create jobs in china. without that policy, replacing with something else it has much point sei. china would be in trouble. the administration's policies of pushing the china on the current exchange that gives members of congress ample opportunities to bash china and not recognizing the real reasons behind it. the second one is marines in australia. it seems to me, this just feeds into a narrative in china in which they are suspicious of the west and we acknowledge the history there for good reasons. and perpetuates a relationship that one of cooperatio
thank you steven hill. question on china. china occupies the rather unique niche in being one world power but also a developing nation. and in many things about china. when you look beneath the surface. it's quite changey. the idea of china as failed state is too terrible to contemplate. it seems to me that the administration's policies toward china don't recognize this complexity. i'll give you a few examples. one is on currentty and exchange. the policy is a social program to create jobs in...
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we also have steven peek, ph.d, who is a medical director and md i might add. medical director for the senior care division at blue cross-blue shield of tennessee. we have michael clark, jd, the chief of administrative officer and general counsel of the scooter store. this might be the entity i continue to see these advertisements with. and then jerome aplin, md, who is a family practitioner at the litchfield family practice center in litchfield, illinois, and trains students at southern illinois university. in 2010 received the american geriatric society clinician of the year award. now that i filibustered introducing everybody on the front end hoping some of my colleagues would be here, i hope you go ahead and start and certainly appreciate it. the meeting is now in order. >> sure. good afternoon, ranking member corker. thanks very much for the opportunity to discuss the centers for medicare & medicaid services efforts to reduce fraud and improper payments for power mobility devices and update you on the prior authorization demonstration which cms began earli
we also have steven peek, ph.d, who is a medical director and md i might add. medical director for the senior care division at blue cross-blue shield of tennessee. we have michael clark, jd, the chief of administrative officer and general counsel of the scooter store. this might be the entity i continue to see these advertisements with. and then jerome aplin, md, who is a family practitioner at the litchfield family practice center in litchfield, illinois, and trains students at southern...
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we respect the ambassador stevens and i worked with him when he was a u.s. envoy he was respected and loved and libya with the question remains why the violence. modeling course in libya but we saw in yemen and tunisia and i keep emphasizing the destabilized and traumatized nations. i think the element of how to work with the groups who are trying to come back and address the issues and understanding that right now on the ground this is one of the biggest issue is the civil society is trying to come together with. in most cases, there's an assumption to receive the funding were to be accepted by the western nations you have to distance yourself from religion. i can't that the exception has been in libya you have seen some groups step out, and in particular there is the network that of some of the most respected in libya that have been very active at least in terms of issuing statements and this isn't just recently even after the revolution in 2011. the network issued a statement to promote international women's rights. so here is a country in the midst of a
we respect the ambassador stevens and i worked with him when he was a u.s. envoy he was respected and loved and libya with the question remains why the violence. modeling course in libya but we saw in yemen and tunisia and i keep emphasizing the destabilized and traumatized nations. i think the element of how to work with the groups who are trying to come back and address the issues and understanding that right now on the ground this is one of the biggest issue is the civil society is trying to...
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i speak as a friend of christopher stevens. i speak as a person who knows something about warfare. i speak something -- with some authority that this attack clearly could have been prevented if the facts on the ground had been clearly taken into consideration, including the ample warnings, including the warnings that have the sent on august 16 stating that the consolate could not resist successfully resist a concentrated attack by al qaeda-affiliated groups. that alone, that alone convinces me and i believe most americans when they find out, that the actions to prevent these murders were clearly insufficient if not totally incompetent. mr. president, i see the senator from south carolina is here to join me as well as the senator from new hampshire. and i yield -- mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to engage in colloquy with both the senator from south carolina and the senator from new hampshire. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: very briefly, then i'll -- mr. graham: very briefly. here's the request of the body. benghazi needs to be investigated. we need to
i speak as a friend of christopher stevens. i speak as a person who knows something about warfare. i speak something -- with some authority that this attack clearly could have been prevented if the facts on the ground had been clearly taken into consideration, including the ample warnings, including the warnings that have the sent on august 16 stating that the consolate could not resist successfully resist a concentrated attack by al qaeda-affiliated groups. that alone, that alone convinces me...
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it was he, jesse fell -- the citizen -- who proposed to senator steven a. douglas the lincoln/douglass debates. the response is recorded here. but they came together, lincoln and douglass, the debates, seven of them three hours each focused, essentially, on one subject; the extension of slavery into the territories. it attracted people by the tens of thousands to their politics. they came on foot and by horseback and by wagon. and as jesse fell had hoped and expected, they attracted lincoln to the nation's attention. and then he had to persuade lincoln to run for president. and that took some time. but he did, he succeeded. and lincoln gave him his autobiographical sketch for promotional purposes which is recorded in this book. and it's sublime, it's beautiful. you just can't conceive of it in today's politics. it's the short story of the very humble origins of this great man. and it ends with, i'm paraphrasing, if there's not much of this, much of this, it is because there's very little of me. [laughter] can you imagine mitt romney or -- [laughter] but wit
it was he, jesse fell -- the citizen -- who proposed to senator steven a. douglas the lincoln/douglass debates. the response is recorded here. but they came together, lincoln and douglass, the debates, seven of them three hours each focused, essentially, on one subject; the extension of slavery into the territories. it attracted people by the tens of thousands to their politics. they came on foot and by horseback and by wagon. and as jesse fell had hoped and expected, they attracted lincoln to...